1. Eastern Whippoorwill
BY:DEVYN
The Eastern Whippoorwill is known
as the bird you can hear, but can
never see.
2. Protection:
With the Eastern Whippoorwill having the feather color of leaves and
nature, it allows themselves to become camouflaged into the leaves.
With them being unnoticeable, their predators will have a harder time
finding them and killing them.
4. Interesting Facts:
The male Eastern whippoorwill’s investigate intruders near their nest by
hovering in place with their body vertical and their tail wide to show off
their broad white tips of tail feathers. Another interesting fact is that
they don’t construct nests.
6. Anatomy:
The Eastern Whippoorwill has an distinct body shape. They are 22-26 CM
long. They weigh 43-64 grams. They have a large flat head with large dark
eyes. They are nearly invisible and are very slow and silent. Their legs are very
small and seldom seen. They also have a very small bill.
8. Diet:
The Eastern Whippoorwill eats moths (left), Night
flying beetles (middle), and many different kinds of
insects (right).
9. Why are they endangered?
The Eastern Whippoorwill is endangered from habitat
loss, degradation, deforestation, and predatoration by
feral cats and dogs.
10. Causes of deforestation:
Causes of deforestation is from agriculture, livestock
production, wood harvested for fuel, and expansion
of shifting.
11. What can we do to help stop its endangerment?
Having forest management, conservation, and
preservation, this can help stop the Eastern
Whippoorwill’s endangerment.